PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCAT10H CONC L USION$ 0 Wo s Balloon P robabl y Balloon DATITIMI GltOU~ .t. TYPE 0, 08SEAVATIOH 0 Possi bl y Balloon 0 Wo1 Ahcroft .II Ground-Vlauol 0 GroundRodor Probably Aircraft ca Aa .. va.,ol 0 A lrlntorcopt Radar Po nl bl y A I rcroh PHOTOS .. UR Was Astronomical 0 Probably A1tronomlcol Possibly Astronomical L!HGTH 0, OBSEitVATIOH NUMBER 0, OBJECTS Insuffi c i ent Data for Ev~tluation 0 Unl&nawn BRIE, SUMMARY Ofl itCHTINO 11. COMMENTS Object .; :g:"lted a~ elevatio3 bearing On 22 Feb at 1023Z Echo vas heading SE. Had brightnes s at a longitude of Echo was at about :rose~"'-e:.i ---Echo would be v isible dU!"i!lg this pe::-iod. of 'va~uated I Satellite. AT1C PORW 3 29 ( R IItV 26 SE P 52) Ur.~CLASSIFIED .. ll "ffoN AL IM r~tE RELEASED BY DRAFTED BY 0 PER AT IONAL Nr1&9d,ATE FM USS NOBLE T~ USAF ?AC 5TH AF FUCHU AS JAPAN COM SEVENTHFLT COMNAV~ARIANAS . INFO COM PH IBPAC C Q."tt Pli IBRON ONE _ USS THOMASTON C INCPACFLT OOP-CP-1., SIGHTED AT AN ELEVATION OF .35 DEGREES BEARING 340 DEGREES. TRUE:, TRAVELING IN SOUTHE:ASTERL Y DIRECT ION. OBJECT HAD BRIGHTNESS OF 14 MAGNATUDE STAR, VISIBLE 15 MINUTES. AIR AND SURFACE RADAR COULD NOT PICK UP OBJECT. OBSERVED BY NAVIGATOR WHILE TAKING CELESTIAL FIX. ~AS THEN OBSERVED BY COMMANDING OFFICER, OOD, AND APPROX I'"ATEL Y 1000 ENL !STED PERSONNEL. OBJECT D!SAPPEARED BEARING 123 DEGREES TRUE AT AN ALTITUPE OF 20 . C ADVANCJ:. COPIES DELIVERED> CONTitO~ NO. ~ CUtCUIT NO. TIMl OF RECiiPT DATE TIME GR\.1UP 22 t 14lZ FEB UNCLASSIFIED